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Golgi associated acid phosphatase has been demonstrated within muscle and nerve cells from the sub-epithelial layers of the crop, intestine, and digestive gland ofArion ater. Enzyme activity was detected in the saccules, vacuoles, and vesicles of the Golgi apparatus of both nerve ganglia and muscle cells. Other vacuolar sources of acid phosphatase could also be distinguished within the cytoplasm of these cells.
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Bowen, I.D. Golgi associated acid phosphatase in muscle and nerve cells fromArion ater (L.). Protoplasma 71, 409–417 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01279685
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